Blackledge Longrifle  
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IMG_6002.JPG W. Cole probably made this piece as a flintlock prior to 1825, based on the pattern and parts.

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W. Cole probably made this piece as a flintlock prior to 1825, based on the pattern and parts.

Capture Date : Sat 19 Mar 2005 03:12:03 AM PST

  IMG_6017.JPG steel trigger guard badly bent  IMG_6023.JPG  IMG_6005.JPG William Cole,gunmaker, Washington County, Missouri, born 1787, died 1886.... great-great-grandfather of Charles Blackledge.  IMG_6002.JPG W. Cole probably made this piece as a flintlock prior to 1825, based on the pattern and parts.  IMG_5991.JPG original conversion from flintlock to caplock, probably around 1840.  IMG_6012.JPG The longest gun I have ever worked on, 60 1/2    
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